Adjusting Width in SPSS for Thought Listing Variables - Problemo (case 21096)

[jason_reed]

Please tell me exactly which file format from the MediaLab data folder you opened in SPSS. It sounds like you used the .sav file format. Have you tried to first open SPSS and then import either the .csv or .txt file format into SPSS using the .sps syntax file? You should be able to set the character length in the .sps syntax file.

[petrocjv]

Yes, I use the .sav file. I never had this problem in the past. My guess is that SPSS 22 had an update that doesn't correspond with MediaLab v2012. Perhaps some sort of patch needs to be created. The only way I can see more than 255 characters on thought listing events is to find them in the Excel version of the data - that creates another step as I need the complete thought, approximately 500 characters, to be saved directly into SPSS.

[jason_reed]

Thank you for the update. When using the .sav file, did you fist open SPSS and then open the .sav file, or did you just double-click directly on the .sav file to open it?

As part of any bug hunting, would you mind first opening SPSS and then importing either the .csv or .txt file format into SPSS using the .sps syntax file? Make sure to set the character length in the .sps syntax file. Let us know if you still have the same error as if you just tried to open a .sav file.